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50 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland Co Durham DL13 3DD

DM/15/01251/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 15 June 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Demolition of outbuilding and erection of single storey rear extension

Received
22 April 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target17 Jun
  5. Decided15 Jun

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 50 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland Co Durham DL13 3DD. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DL13 3DD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2015
Consultation expiry
28 May 2015
Consultation start
30 April 2015
Consultation end
21 May 2015
Neighbour consultation start
30 April 2015
Neighbour consultation end
21 May 2015
Last date for comments
20 July 2015
Target decision date
17 June 2015
Decision issued
17 June 2015
Permission expires
17 June 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 May 2015
Advertisement expiry
28 May 2015
Site notice start
1 May 2015
Site notice end
22 May 2015

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wolsingham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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